The Social Psychology of Music

The Social Psychology of Music

by David J . Hargreaves (Editor), Adrian C . North (Editor)

Synopsis

The social contexts in which people create, perform, perceive, understand and react to music have been neglected by psychologists. This book provides an authoritative, up to date and comprehensive guide to the social psychology of music. It represents the first attempt to define the field since Farnsworth's book of the same title published in 1969, including the new areas of medicine, marketing, and education in which the social psychology of music has direct applications in the real world. After an opening review chapter, the remaining 14 chapters are divided into six sections; individual differences; social groups and situations; social and cultural influences; developmental issues; musicianship; real world applications. Several of these chapters are ground-breaking reviews published for the first time. Aside form psychologists and music educators, The social psychology of music will appeal to musicians, communications researchers, broadcasters, and commercial companies.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 03 Apr 1997

ISBN 10: 0198523831
ISBN 13: 9780198523833

Media Reviews
A valuable and long overdue contribution to the field of the psychology of music, this volume brings together current thought in social psychology as it applies to the social and interpersonal context from which musical meaning is derived. --Choice


A valuable and long overdue contribution to the field of the psychology of music, this volume brings together current thought in social psychology as it applies to the social and interpersonal context from which musical meaning is derived. --Choice

A valuable and long overdue contribution to the field of the psychology of music, this volume brings together current thought in social psychology as it applies to the social and interpersonal context from which musical meaning is derived. --Choice


A valuable and long overdue contribution to the field of the psychology of music, this volume brings together current thought in social psychology as it applies to the social and interpersonal context from which musical meaning is derived. --Choice